A medical apparatus is adapted to facilitate a transfer of data to a computer system using a mobile device. The apparatus has a store of data, a display and a controller that generates a barcode encoding an access address for the computer system and the data, and displaying the barcode on the display.
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1. A method of providing access to data from a medical apparatus for review and storage on a computer system, wherein the medical apparatus generates a barcode, the barcode encoding a URL comprising an access address for a computer system and patient-specific data from the medical apparatus as a sub-path appended to the access address, wherein the sub path was updated based on the use of the medical apparatus by the patient over a period of time, wherein a mobile telecommunications device extracts the URL from the barcode, wherein the mobile telecommunications device sends a request for access to the computer system, the request comprising the URL, the method comprising: executed at the computer system, receiving the request for access from the mobile telecommunication device, in a pre-processor of the computer system, intercepting the request comprising the URL rather than using the sub path of the URL to return a static web page to the mobile telecommunications device; in the pre-processor of the computer system, extracting the sub path from the URL; in the pre-processor of the computer system, extracting the patient-specific data from the sub path; in the pre-processor of the computer system, storing the extracted patient-specific data on a database of the computer system; in the pre-processor of the computer system, dynamically composing a web page from the patient-specific extracted data; and returning the dynamically composed web page to the mobile telecommunications device as though the mobile telecommunications device has accessed a static web page.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile telecommunication device is configured to capture an image of the barcode from a display of the medical apparatus and decode the barcode to extract the URL comprising the access address and the sub path.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a controller of the medical apparatus is configured to generate the barcode and display the barcode on the medical apparatus.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to dynamically generate the barcode each time patient-specific data is generated.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to dynamically generate the barcode each time patient-specific data is to be transferred.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the barcode is a 2D barcode or a 1D barcode.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the patient-specific data comprises at least one of the following: runtime data; usage time data; AHI data; leak data; compliance data; usage data; and efficacy data.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the medical apparatus comprises a breathing assistance apparatus.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the medical apparatus comprises a PAP apparatus.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the medical apparatus comprises a flow therapy apparatus.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile telecommunication device is the mobile telecommunication device of the patient.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the web page displaying the extracted patient-specific data comprises a graph or a table.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the barcode is a QR code.
14. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising dynamically generating instructions for rending the web page and returning the instructions for rendering the web page to the mobile telecommunications device or other device where the web page is rendered.
15. A method of providing access to data from a medical apparatus for review and storage on a computer system, wherein the medical apparatus generates a barcode, the barcode encoding a URL comprising an access address for a computer system and captured patient-specific data from the medical apparatus as a sub-path appended to the access address, wherein the sub path was updated based on the use of the medical apparatus by the patient over a period of time, wherein a mobile telecommunications device extracts the URL from the barcode, wherein the mobile telecommunications device sends a request for access to the computer system, the request comprising the URL, the method executed at the computer system comprising: receiving the request for access from the mobile telecommunications device; intercepting the request comprising the URL rather than using the sub path of the URL to return a static web page to the mobile telecommunications device; extracting the sub path from the URL; extracting the captured patient-specific data from the sub path; storing the extracted captured patient-specific data on a database of the computer system; dynamically composing a web page from the captured patient-specific extracted data; and returning the dynamically composed web page to the mobile telecommunications device as though the mobile telecommunications device has accessed a static web page.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the patient captures an image of the barcode from a display of the medical apparatus using the mobile telecommunications device prior to sending the request for access.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the medical apparatus generates a barcode that encodes the URL comprising the access address for the computer system and the captured patient-specific data as the sub path appended to the access address, the URL for use by the computer system to extract and store the captured patient-specific data; and wherein the medical apparatus displays the barcode on the display of the medical apparatus.
18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein a controller is configured to dynamically generate the barcode each time captured patient-specific data is generated and/or is to be transferred.
19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the barcode is one of: a 2D barcode; and a 1D barcode.
20. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the patient-specific data comprises at least one of the following: runtime data; usage time data; AHI data; leak data; compliance data; usage data; and efficacy data.
21. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the medical apparatus is a breathing assistance apparatus.
22. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the medical apparatus is a PAP apparatus or a flow therapy apparatus.
23. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the barcode is a QR code.
24. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising dynamically generating instructions for rending the web page and delivering the instructions for rendering the web page to the mobile telecommunications device or other device where the web page is rendered.
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November 21, 2013
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